Samsung Galaxy S8 Active vs vivo X20 Plus

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

vivo X20 Plus

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 900, 1800; CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

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HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

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HSPA speed

-

HSPA
LTE speed

-

LTE
LTE-A speed

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat12, 600 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload

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GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel

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SIM

Nano-SIM

Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

151.9 mm

165.3 mm
Width

74.9 mm

80.1 mm
Thickness

9.9 mm

7.5 mm
Weight

208.1 g

181.5 g
Payment

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)

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Waterproof

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes

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Dust proof

Yes, IP68

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MIL-STD-810G

Yes - dust, humidity, rain, salt, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

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Colors

Meteor Gray, Tungsten Gold

Gold, Matte Black, Rose gold

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.8 inches

6.43 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2560 pixels

1080 x 2160 pixels
Pixel density

506 ppi

376 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Always on display

Yes

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3D touch

home button only

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Main camera
Camera type

-

Dual
Main camera

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm

12 MP, f/1.8
5 MP
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization

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Primary camera phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus

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Primary camera video dual video

dual-video record

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Primary camera video hdr

HDR

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Camera features

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.5" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus
DxOMark photo

-

92
DxOMark video

-

87
DxOMark camera score

-

90

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

Type-C reversible connector

microUSB 2.0
USB On-The-Go

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v5.1

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

Yes

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NFC

Yes

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GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

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GALILEO

Yes

-

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

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Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

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Java

No

No
Sensors

Iris scanner, accelerometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity